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Editing Prize-Winners and Bestsellers

For many years I was Vice President and Executive Editor at Random House, where I helped literary writers win prizes and become major bestsellers in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. I edited books that won or were nominated for nearly every major literary prize and more than twenty New York Times bestsellers.

Over the years I edited four Booker Prize nominees, five National Book Critics Circle Award finalists, and several other prize winners. At Random House I oversaw the posthumous publications of Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, and WG Sebald. I loved working with literary legends and discovering new voices. If you have a query about an editing project please contact me through the get in touch form.

Books I edited have won or been nominated for almost every major literary prize including:

The Pulitzer Prize

The National Book Award

Oprah’s Book Club Selection

The Man/Booker Prize

The National Book Critics Circle Award

The PEN/Hemingway Award

The PEN/Faulkner Award

The Dayton Literary Peace Prize

The Los Angeles Times Book Prize

The Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction

The New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award

The National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35

The Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize

The Edgar Award

The Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters

The Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters

The Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians

The Mark Lynton History Prize

The Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations

The Cundill Prize in Historical Literature

The Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction

The Lambda Literary Award

The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Humor

The California Book Award

The Nebula Award

The Arthur C. Clarke Award

The World Fantasy Award

The American Library Association Alex Award

The American Library Association Stonewall Award

Barnes & Noble Discover Award

The PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay

The PEN/Jean Stein Book Award

Get in touch!

I love to hear from readers, book groups, and students and I will do my best to respond to everyone. If you have nice things to say about one of my books, first, thank you. Second, please also post your thoughts on your favorite social media platforms and/or e-tailer sites. A few good words from you will help me reach other readers. Thank you!